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Fred Awaah – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to present a step-by-step implementation of the culturo-techno-contextual approach (CTCA) in a university classroom to teach industry and competitive analysis in the Ghanaian undergraduate entrepreneurship development curriculum. It further investigates the efficacy of the CTCA in breaking difficulties related to the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Study, Cultural Context
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Gao, Su; Wang, Jian; Zhong, Zhiyong – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2018
The Chinese government has implemented centralised science curriculum standards to change science teaching from a didactic to inquiry-based approach to support all students in acquiring science literacy. Framed through theoretical perspectives of inquiry-based instruction and cultural pedagogy, this study examined the influence and impact of these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Academic Achievement, Standards, Science Curriculum
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Özer, Selda – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2020
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of active learning techniques applied in Vocational English Course on students' achievement and attitude. In the research, quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control group model was used. The participants included the students majoring Tourism Management at a state university in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Poetry, Concept Mapping
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Okpube, Nnaemeka Michael; Anugwo, M. N. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
This study investigated the Card Games and Algebra tic-Tacmatics on Junior Secondary II Students' Achievement in Algebraic Expressions. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the pre-test, post-test control group design. A total of two hundred and forty (240) Junior Secondary School II students were…
Descriptors: Games, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Daluba, Noah Ekeyi – World Journal of Education, 2013
The study investigated the effect of demonstration method of teaching on students' achievement in agricultural science in secondary school in Kogi East Education Zone of Kogi State. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study employed a quasi-experimental research design. The population for the study was 18225 senior…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teaching Methods, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Jang, Joo Dong – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the differences in achievement and attitudes toward learning among adult Sunday School classes in selected Korean churches taught with a traditional lecture method (LT), with the 4MAT instructional method (4M), and with an interactive engagement method (IE). Procedures: In this study, 109 adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biblical Literature, Religious Education, Comparative Analysis
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Winquist, Jennifer R.; Carlson, Keith A. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
In this paper, we compare an introductory statistics course taught using a flipped classroom approach to the same course taught using a traditional lecture based approach. In the lecture course, students listened to lecture, took notes, and completed homework assignments. In the flipped course, students read relatively simple chapters and answered…
Descriptors: Statistics, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses
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Abdu-Raheem, B. O. – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
This study investigated the effects of problem-solving method of teaching on secondary school students' achievement and retention in Social Studies. The study adopted the quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, control group design. The sample for the study consisted of 240 Junior Secondary School Class II students randomly selected from six…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement
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Gambari, Isiaka Amosa; Ezenwa, Victoria Ifeoma; Anyanwu, Romanus Chogozie – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2014
The study examined the effects of two modes of computer-assisted instructional package on solid geometry achievement amongst senior secondary school students in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Also, the influence of gender on the performance of students exposed to CAI(AT) and CAI(AN) packages were examined. This study adopted a pretest-posttest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, High School Seniors, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Olukayode, Ajitoni Sunday; Salako, Ekima Tina – World Journal of Education, 2014
The growing spate of ethno-religious crises and insurgency that characterizes Nigerian polity has been traced to inadequacies in the integration policies of the government. These situations have resulted in loss of several lives and unquantifiable psychological and material damages. However, the situations could improve through the use of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences
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Tsaushu, Masha; Tal, Tali; Sagy, Ornit; Kali, Yael; Gepstein, Shimon; Zilberstein, Dan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
This study offers an innovative and sustainable instructional model for an introductory undergraduate course. The model was gradually implemented during 3 yr in a research university in a large-lecture biology course that enrolled biology majors and nonmajors. It gives priority to sources not used enough to enhance active learning in higher…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Active Learning, Biology, Constructivism (Learning)
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Araz, Gulsum; Sungur, Semra – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
This study aimed at comparing the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) and traditional lecture-based instruction on elementary school students' academic achievement and performance skills in a science unit on genetics while controlling for their reasoning ability. For the specified purpose, two instructional methods were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Textbooks, Academic Achievement, Problem Based Learning
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Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Naturally occurring aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) were investigated with three teaching approaches: lecture-recitation, inquiry, and public issues discussion. When the measure of student performance was based on objectives of the approach, the results showed an ATI for ability X anxiety that was partially replicated across studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anxiety
Root, Jon R.; Gall, Meredith D. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine whether conventional instruction and mastery-based auto-tutorial instruction interacted with learning characteristics that were found to be instruction-interactive in previous research. Conventional instruction consisted of lecture with discussion and laboratory periods. The mastery-based auto-tutorial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis